corporate citizenship webinar- djsi
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Unlocking the mysteries of DJSITRANSCRIPT
Corporate Citizenship Sustainability, Simplified.
Unlocking the mysteries of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
14th March 2013
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Agenda
Introduction
DJSI structure
DJSI selection
Tips for managing the submission
Questions and answers
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Presenters
Peter Truesdale – Associate Director Peter is an Associate Director of Corporate Citizenship, he specializes in a number of aspects: reporting, report assurance, and external standards. He has worked with a range of global companies and professional firms including ARM Holdings, ANZ, Cisco and Mars. Megan DeYoung – Director, United States Megan manages Corporate Citizenship’s US practice and works with clients to develop and implement citizenship strategies that are closely tied with the business and to communicate clients’ initiatives to internal and external stakeholders. She has worked with many global companies including Abbott, AbbVie, Aramark, Molson Coors and Xylem.
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Corporate Citizenship’s work is global Corporate Citizenship is a corporate responsibility management consulting
company with offices in the US, UK and Singapore
Since 1997, we have advised leading, global corporations on how to enhance and align their citizenship and traditional business activities to create strategic business value
We have a team of 35 and experience in 40 countries
“They have a real understanding of the issues in diverse countries around the world” - Unilever
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We work in all areas of corporate responsibility Advised on what it means to be a good corporate citizen, including
addressing contentious business impacts, in different parts of the globe
Develop best practice and strategy for some of the largest and most influential corporations
Devised and implemented environment data management systems in over 100 countries
Advised or wrote more than 125 reports
Global market leaders for assurance (200 reports verified)
Help businesses invest £1.4bn in local communities annually
“They understood what was important to the way we operate, and where we could make the greatest difference” - Abbott
Our partners:
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DJSI is a financial index first and foremost
Managed by the investment group RobecoSAM
DJSI tracks the financial performance of the world’s leading sustainability-driven companies
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DJSI offers many benefits
Build network •Meet people otherwise wouldn’t
•Share workload for DJSI response
Gain buy-in •Illustrate link between corporate responsibility and business value
•Make case for more robust corporate responsibility strategy
Elevate reputation
• Gain recognition in investor community
• Achieve equivalent of corporate responsibility Oscar
Improve reporting •Uncover activities suitable for inclusion in reporting
•Increase content with greater transparency
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DJSI uses a comprehensive approach
Survey
Media and stakeholder
analysis
Company Documentation
Economic
Environmental
Social
…examining these credentials… …using these tools
DJSI assesses a company’s sustainability performance by…
.
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Eligibility is based on financial performance
Dow Jones Total Global Stock Market Index
DJSI World DJSI Europe DJSI N.
America
DJSI Asia/
Pacific
Not eligible
Regional
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Evaluation by industry- 2013 changes!
59 Industries
24 Industry group
• Pre-determined
• Compared only to
companies in your
sector for listing
• Combination of 2 or more
industries
• Company with highest score
of sectors in group named
industry group leader
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Only the best companies are listed on DJSI
Buffer zone factors:
Higher percentage of best company scores in their score
Reward consistent performance
Avoid churn
Target market cap (within industry group and currency)
Top 7% of eligible
companies
automatically
listed
8-13% of eligible
companies buffer
zone
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Short time period to provide a lot of information
April May June July August September
4th April - Invitations
are sent out
4th June - Submission
deadline
12th September - Announcement of
results
8 weeks
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Mantras to ease the application process
.
Start early The more the merrier
Be brave Explain it
Don’t be modest
It’s elementary, my dear Watson!
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We help clients better showcase performance
Submission management and advice
Deep dives
Traffic light analysis
• Create presentation for each deep dive section covering: DJSI overview, client’s overall performance, steps to improve response for deep dive section
• Hold phone call with section contributors to discuss presentation and each question
• Share detailed insight on approach to each question
• Provide range of support:
• Review drafts
• Be a hotline
• Manage entire process
• Analyze your scorecard and quantitatively identify quickest and easiest wins
• Identify focus areas when completing submission • Outline steps to improve response in each criteria • Share common mistakes when responding • Conduct phone call to discuss analysis
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Contact us
Peter Truesdale
Associate Director
Corporate Citizenship
5th Floor, Holborn Gate
330 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7QG
T: 020 7861 1631
W: www.corporate-citizenship.com
Megan DeYoung
Director, United States
Corporate Citizenship
241 Centre Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10013
T: +1 212 226 3702
W: www.corporate-citizenship.com